Mom Jeans Obama?

Is this what our nation has come to? We have people critical of the jeans President Obama wore when he threw out the first pitch at the ball game?

It’s pathetic, my friends.

If you’re going to make any kind of comment about that night, let’s talk about his pitch and how “girly” the throw was. Forget about the jeans.

But before we forget about them, let me suggest that the President of the United States should never wear them. Always wear slacks for casual.

If There Is A God

Today was one of those days where I found myself begging the God of this universe, “If You’re there and if there is a Christ, please send him now.”

Nothing good happened. Nothing.

I’ve learned that I would make a lousy leader. We all make mistakes right? Well the impact my mistakes have on others diminishes their lives significantly.

I’ve also tried to teach myself that there are much larger, worse things to be angry about. AIDS in Africa, the death of innocents in Iraq, Afghanistan and all around the world. Yet I can’t get these feelings out of my system and it’s my fault.

How selfish is that? I wish the Christ of God would finish this experiment and begin the next one.

The worst part is, I get to deal with the mess I’ve created tomorrow. I get to stew and ponder on my failure(s) throughout the night.

God, I wish it were over, please!

NBC’s KINGS

NBC gave a pre-release of it’s new television show Kings. This show is from a writer on Heroes and follows the biblical story of David, Goliath and King Saul of Israel.

Taking place in an alternate universe where King Saul has become Silas and Goliath has become a tank, we watch the two-hour pilot and try to figure out if this will work.

Some of the religiously-minded people will give a tiny smile at the references given to the biblical narrative, however this version has taken extreme creative liscenses.

Having saved Silas’ son, David is thrown in front of the nation as a hero who blew up a Goliath tank.

There are characters jockying for position and we are never sure if Silas is sincere or just a manipulative miser.

This was just the first showing and I’m going to have to deal with at least a month’s worth of episodes to figure out if I want to spend time with this show.

The End of Human Superiority

Things fall apart fast. With the economy continuing to tank, disgruntled people have no ability to take out their frustrations positively. (is that even possible?)

First we have a guy killing ten people in Alabama. And the reasons for this attack? We may never know. The guy was a former police officer!

Second, a guy walks into a church service and murders the pastor. “Death Day” or “Day of Death” was found written in the murderer’s diary. The authorities are claiming this man, who is still alive, to suffer from a mental illness in addition to Lymes disease. But what was the reason for the shooting? Was it something the pastor had said or done…or not done in the past?

Third, the shooting at a school in Germany. A student murdered fifteen students. News reports are saying they found porn on his computer and that he played violent video games. I sure hope no one is stupid enough to blame those things for his actions.

What is with all these killings recently? Or at least the high level of reporting of these killings? You know there are going to be possible copy-cats. Pray they don’t come to fruition.

And if those three weren’t bad enough, Chuck Norris has decided to run for President of Texas if and when the state decides to secede from the Union. He said that if other states decide to join the revolt, Texas will lead the way.

So much for Man being the dominant species.

Time Is Running Out

My boss did not get the promotion he was looking for. With the income our business bringing in, it looks as if my time with this company is coming to a close.

January 25th will be the big day. After that, I will either be keeping my job, or furiously seeking new employment.

Bah Humbug to the new year.

Migraine

Saturday I was hit by a headache upon a headache.

It began as a sinus pressure headache. I think a huge knot in the back of my neck was responsible as well. Next came the migraine.
Consider yourself fortunate if you’ve never experienced a migraine.
Shall I describe the event for you?

Step 1 is the beginning feeling of pain.

Step 2 is the increase in pain after you’ve taken some Tylenol.

Step 3 is the incredible searing pain your body feels as the migraine takes control of your bodily functions. I kid you not, this sucker wipes you out.

Step 4 is the nausea that you begin to feel in the pit of your stomach.

Step 5 is running to the bathroom and throwing up after you’ve tried everything, in vain, to hold back the vomit.

Step 6 is when you climb into a dark bedroom and try to forget about your miserable life.

Step 7 is waking up at four in the morning and realizing you still have a headache.

Step 8 is the next two or three days your body takes to recover from the migraine.

I’m in on day two of Step 8…

Lord have mercy!

Down Comes The Gauntlet

In an impromptu meeting, the staff was informed of the budget situation as my work place. If income continues to be this low, cuts may have to be made. And seeing as I am only an associate, I would think my job would be the acceptable loss.

I have been posting for a while on this site how I’ve been going through job searches and even had one by the teeth a couple months ago. This could create the kind of “push” my family needs to get us out.

The basic bottom line was, if we continue at the pace we’re going, we will be out of money in four to five months.

Unacceptable.

So the powers-that-be will hold a meeting and I will be doing some talking with my spouse and soul searching as well as picking up the job-search baton again.

Peace needs to come swiftly.

The Deepest of Them All

This is what I feel like: I would call it the poster child of all pity parties. I actually threw a video game box against the wall so hard that it shattered. This is how my warped brain has figured it all out…

I’m playing a football game on my video game system; my team is up 14 to 0. Within four plays, I am losing 23-14. I go on to lose the game 38-21. And because of this game, I throw the massive fit.

You see, in my mind, I compare this game to my life. I started out feeling pretty good this week – life was really exciting. Throughout the course of the week things started to grow sour like rotten milk. And before I knew what hit me, I was looking at life with all the so-called curve balls it lobbed at me.

Here’s the bottom line: (and I realize I sound like a broken record, or some alcholic) I have completely lost all passion and joy from my job. I have lost all passion for my work-life. It seems as if everything I become part of dies. Or worse, backfires. I have no drive to even want to help people anymore and this comes when I get my first chance to speak before people on Christmas Eve. How should I share about the birth of Jesus if I don’t have any feelings toward these people whatsoever?

If this is what true depression feels like, I think it sucks.

And I’m supposed to be a parent in a few months?!?!?

I really need to get my act together or at least start seeking some professional help.

But hey! More commentary on President-elect Obama next week so who’s excited about that!?

Now That It’s Over

The rest of the company knows. I made the announcement last week. Is it weird that they applauded? So now most of the people in my “world” know about the pregnancy.

But I didn’t want this post to be about babies…but it could be.

Remember, I want to use this blog to keep a tab on President-elect Obama and his administration. And until he becomes the President, I will be using his change.gov website often. (with a touch of cnn.com)

But then, he’s practically the President now…

But back to the babies:
Already there are people complaining about Obama’s change. That will be part of his politics no matter who he nominates and appoints. Look at it this way, if the President-elect appointed someone who fit your description of change what would that look like? What kind of experience would this person have? Do you think the nay-sayers would have something else to complain about?

I have no problem, so far, with who President-elect Obama surrounds himself with in his White House. Things may change if we learn he appoints a terrorist or a communist. But do you really think his team would allow that? They are quite thorough.

Politics will always be giving birth to babies. And the people will always complain about the babies yet read every story about the petty bickering.

One Down

One holiday has been celebrated. Now the real one can come soon. The craziness of the material stuff is insane. The story of some store employee at Wal Mart getting trampled to death? Who created Black Friday? When did that become the early morning to have the sales? With everyone else appearing before Congress, let’s have that person or their decendents appear. It’s all your fault psycho person.

Thanksgiving was wonderful. We were able to tell my family about the new baby coming. Now that our parents know, it’s time to explain it to the company. (we’re like a family you know) That should happen sometime next week, I think.

Food. Thanksgiving is full of such great food. And don’t tell me about the poor who have no food or the third world country who has nothing. I’m not in the mindset to deal with that at the moment. I want to fester here in this memory of family and food.

Thanksgiving…you go by too fast.